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<h1>Making topic or Web page connections
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<p>As a help author, one of your most important design considerations is setting up a clear and simple pattern to quickly get users to the help content they need.
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<p>An <a href="dsht.htm">HTML help topic or Web page</a> is part of a collection of similar help topics or Web pages that make up a help system or Web site. When a user browses the topics in your help file or Web site, they jump from page to page by clicking <A HREF="htlink.htm">hyperlinks</A>. A link is a word, phrase, or image that is highlighted and jumps to a specified location when the user clicks it.
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<p>If you <A HREF="ms-its:hhaxref.chm::/ocx_ov.htm">add the HTML Help ActiveX control</A> to your help topics or Web pages, you can connect users to information by <A HREF="overcnt.htm">creating a table of contents</A> or <A HREF="overidx.htm">index</A> for your topics. You can <a href="winbut.htm">add buttons</a> to the button bar in the Help Viewer or to the windows you design in order to help users navigate to information. 
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Help topics also can be designed as <A HREF="dscxt.htm">context-sensitive topics</A> that appear in a pop-up window when a user right-clicks a dialog box.
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